Advertising device



(No Model.)

G. CLEVELAND.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

No. 452,663. Patented Mayl ,1891. '1. 15 i.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

CHARLES CLEVELAND, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,663, dated May 19, 1891.

Application filed May 14, 1890. Serial No. 351,752. (No model.)

To all w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES CLEVELAND, of Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented a new and Improved Advertising Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in advertising devices; and the object of my invention is to provide a device of simple construction, by means of which advertisements may be conspicuouslydisplayed, and by means of which a great number of advertisements may be easily brought to view.

To this end my invention will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 4c is a horizontal section on the line at 00 of Fig. 2.

The base-plate A, which, as shown, is of cylindrical 1 form, but may be made in any desired shape, has fixed to its upper side a vertical frame 13, composed of the standards B and the cross-pieces B by which the standards are united. Mounted in suitable boxes a in the frame B is a vertical shaft 0, which has upon its lower end a beveled gear-wheel C, and which projects above the top of the' cylinder, where it is provided with a suitable driving-pulley O Mounted in boxes I), which are fixed to the outer portions of the frame B, are the horizontal shafts D, having upon their inner ends beveled gear-wheels D,which mesh with the gear-wheel O and having their outer ends provided with the pulleys D the said pulleys being divided into two bearing portions by the central rib D which extends around the faces of the same. The cylinder E, which maybe made of anydesired 1naterial,but which is preferably made of metal, is provided at its upper portion with an annular plate F, which is bolted to the interior thereof, and which is provided with a horizontally-extending portion F the said plate F extending entirely around the interior of the cylinder.

Depending from the horizontal portion F of the plate F and firmly bolted thereto are the parallel rails G, which are shaped like the ordinary railroad-rail, and the bases of the rails fit against the horizontal portion F of the plate F. The rails G are curved to extend around the interior of the cylinder and are placed a sufficient distance apart so that the flange D of the pulleys D will project between the two rails and the bearing-surface of the rails will rest upon the faces of the pulleys D the cylinder E being thereby supported, so that when the pulleys revolve the cylinder will revolve also. A rail H is supported upon brackets H on the frame B and extends around the lower portion of the frame B, the contour of said rail corresponding to the inside contour of the cylinder, and fixed to the inner sides of the cylinder horizontally opposite the said rail are pulleys d, which are supported in suitable brackets c, fixed to the inside of the cylinder, and which, by bearing against the rail 11, will prevent the cylinder from tilting. It will thus be seen that when power is applied to the pulley O the shaft 0 will be revolved and motion will be transmitted to the shafts D by means of the gearwheels O and D, thus revolving the pulleys D and causing the cylinder to revolve by means of the frictional engagement of the rails G with the pulleys.

The outside of the cylinderE is preferably divided into spaces, as shown, in which the various advertisements may be displayed. The said advertisements may be pasted to the outside of the cylinder, or may be attached thereto in any well-known manner.

WVhile I have shown a vertical cylinder, I do not confine myself to such, as it is obvious that the cylinder may be mounted horizontally or at an angle; neither do I confine myself to the precise mechanism shown for r0- tating the cylinder, as it is obvious that other means may be substituted.

The device above described may be made large and adapted for outdoor use; or it may be made smaller for use in stores and similar places, and any power may be used to operate the same. It will be seen that as the cylinder is revolved the various advertisements thereon will be alternately brought to view,

and the novel manner in which the advertisements are displayed will attract great attention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a base-plate and a frame mounted thereon, of a cylinder inclosing the frame and provided with an inwardly-extending annular plate having depending para-llel rails attached thereto, shafts mounted in the frame and having their outer ends provided with pulleys to engage the cylinder-rails and their inner ends provided with beveled gear-Wheels, as shown, and a vertical shaft mounted in the frame, having at its lower end a gear-wheel meshing with 

